anchoret
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of anchoret
1735–45; variant of anchorite, with final vowel directly reflecting Late Latin or Late Greek spelling
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Thus by the deeds that he has done A name in heaven has Bharat won, For in his life he follows yet Thy steps, O banished anchoret.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin) Griffith
No anchoret, indeed, could claim for himself much more apathy towards all such allurements than he did at that period.
From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 1 With His Letters and Journals by Thomas Moore
The bishops commended her to God and left the palace, and prayer was made that she should bear a male child; for we believed in the words of Saint Procopius the anchoret.
From Women of Early Christianity by Alfred Brittain
Bede further states that this anchoret subsequently went to Frisland to preach as a missionary there, but he reaped no fruit from his labours among his barbarous auditors.
From Archaeological Essays, Vol. 1 by John Stuart
With courtesy was Ráma met By that illustrious anchoret, And for one night he rested there Regaled with fruit and hermit fare.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin) Griffith
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